BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2984@contactdance.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261121T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261121T170000 DTSTAMP:20260902T200509Z URL:https://contactdance.co.uk/events/basics-to-beyond-bristol-2026-2027-a -course-in-ci-6-full-days-over-7-months-3/ SUMMARY:Basics to Beyond\, Bristol\, 2026-2027\, a course in CI. 6 full day s over 7 months - St. Michael's Parish Hall - 21 Nov 26 10:30 DESCRIPTION:\n\nhttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/movingadventures/217913 9\n\n\n\n\nA six-month training &\; exploration in CI\, led by Asher Le vin.\n6 full days training\, research &\; practice from September 2026 to March 2027.\n\nA foundational &\; adventurous journey with a steady group.\n\nTeaching assistant - Dorothea Manolopoulos\nResident course mus ician - Simon Leach\n\n study basic principles in depth\n explore th emes &\; share discoveries\n consolidate\, play &\; create in focu sed\, scored dances\n integrate &\; connect in jam time\n\nOpen to Al l – experienced Contact Improvisers will benefit as much as those newer to the practice.\n\nIt may be compared to a musician studying their scales and arpeggios and then getting creative! 🎶\n\n"Support provided where required\, challenges and extended possibilities where desired."\n\n\nDate s - Saturdays\n26th September\, 24th October\, 21st November\,\n\n16thJ anuary\, 13th February\, 13th March\n\nTimes: 10.30am to 5pm\n\nLovely\, Central Venue: St Michael’s Parish Hall\, Park Lane\, Bristol BS2 8BE \n\nParticipant places are limited to 29. The past 3 courses sold-out.\nP lease book early to avoid disappointment.\n\n* 2 half-price practical help er places are currently available. Preferably for someone who may not othe rwise be able to afford to join. Please email Asher if you are interested\ n\n**If you need financial support in order to participate\, up to £60 bu rsaries are available from Bristol CI. - Go to forms.gle/zB6dL4quWkjXH5N E7 for full details and to apply. Email info@contactdance.co.uk with any questions about bursary.\n\n1 highly subsidised place is also available t hanks to some generous donations from people who have contributed to a 'su pported place fund'\, when buying tickets for previous events. Please ask Asher.\n\n \;\n\nFor more information or any queries\, please ask Ashe r:\n\nt: 07999 934369 e: asher.levin.mail@gmail.com\n\n\nQuotes about the course from previous Basics to Beyond participants (with permission).\n\n 2025-2026\n"The course progressed in a very supportive way. And Asher spok e up and named things that might be causing people uncertainty or discomfo rt\, so that scary things didn't get hidden or side-lined. That made it al l feel very safe....I loved Simon's playful\, dance-infused musical input! "\nMs A.L.\n \n"It really works for me to be with a 6 month group to nurt ure trust... I felt very welcomed and safe and really appreciated the sof t space for rest and processing. The group check-ins also really helped me to connect to the group and feel safe and brave.... I happily carry the warm experiences of this course into my everyday movements and feel courag e to enter into other CI spaces in the future.... Thank you so much to yo u and Sarah for your compassionate\, humble\, joyful\, inclusive approach to teaching CI.\n\n2024-2025\nSimon's incredible music [was a highlight] e specially when he moves in the jam whilst playing..."\nD.K.\n\n"All of it was fascinating and I really enjoy the chance to drill new patterns and pl ay with new people.... Each month fed into the next and I noticed an impro vement in my movement practice."\nJ.T.\n\n"Full of love for Asher and Sara h and everyone who co-created this.... [I felt] very well looked after tha nk you! Emotional safety and physical safety were taken seriously.... I particularly loved layering in how you taught\, floor work\, animaling\, r olling and islanding with each other.... The notes are great\, as I didn' t take notes."\nM.W.\n\n"I really like your teaching style Asher\, thank y ou.... I felt completely physically safe and supported..... It was very useful to see Sarah and Asher demonstrate particular moves/ activities. Th ank you.....It was really beautiful music that aided the expressiveness of my dance.... I definitely felt more comfortable with the group as time w ent on and by the end there was a beautiful sense of togetherness in growt h and trust."\nR.W.\n\n"All of it was fascinating and I really enjoy the c hance to drill new patterns and play with new people.... You make it acces sible to everybody\, regardless of ability. I think you’re teaching is sensitive and very fundamentally not shaming to people....\n\nI think Simo n was a brilliant musician\, highly intuitive and really able to read the room. I can only wholeheartedly recommend his further use in your program because I think he is exceptional and multi talented. He is also very humb le\, as are you and this is a very safe-making aspect."\nL.G\n\n2023-2024  \n\n“It was ideal for me\, I'll miss doing it every month (...) I fel t increasingly more able to move in a way that felt good\, my nervous syst em was so regulated by each of the days (….) I think this was the effect of your approach [and] the group who I felt really comfortable with as t he months went on. The check-in circles and group warm-ups were also reall y helpful for reflection and feeling safe within the group.” \n\n“Ins pirational teaching in a supportive environment….I felt that the group d ynamic developed really well.”\n\n“It was good\, I’d do it again. Li ked the format\, liked the facilitator\, liked the music and the musician. ”\n\n“It was really nice to grow a trust in the group.” \n\nClick h ere to read further quotes from participants in my CI workshops and inte nsives\, during the past year.\n\n\n\nAsher Levin\n\nis based in Dartingto n and loves being and interacting with the land and elements. He’s been practicing Contact Improvisation\, physical theatre\, teaching and leading workshops for a quarter-century. He's taught CI internationally since 200 8. In CI\, play and being\, he loves the practice of trusting ourselves an d others - even within the unknown\, and re-seeing the known afresh for th e first time. He loves old friends too. Being off-balance and free\, yet f ocused and caring\, as CI invites\, is incredibly liberating and enriching . In CI\, currently Asher is particularly interested in the interplay of s paciousness and intimacy\, dynamic\, tenderness and finding the unusual. H e enjoys whole group scores and the partner or trio\, within the social\, physical and spiritual environment.\n\n\n\nLocation\nSt Michael's Parish H all\, Bristol\, BS2 8BE\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://contactdance.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20 26/09/ash.jpg CATEGORIES:CI Workshop LOCATION:St. Michael's Parish Hall\, Park Ln\, Bristol BS2 8BE\, Bristol\, BS2 8BE\, United Kingdom GEO:51.457;-2.59932 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Park Ln\, Bristol BS2 8BE\, Bristol\, BS2 8BE\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St. Michael 's Parish Hall:geo:51.457,-2.59932 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR